[HN Gopher] On Blankfaces
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       On Blankfaces
        
       Author : science4sail
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-08-02 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | amadeuspagel wrote:
       | > Some people will object that the term "blankface" is
       | dehumanizing.
       | 
       | Indeed.
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       | > The reason I disagree is that a blankface is someone who freely
       | chose to dehumanize themselves
       | 
       | This sounds like an excuse that would work for almost any kind of
       | dehumanization.
        
         | bawolff wrote:
         | Yeah, that's a pretty unconvincing excuse he gave.
         | 
         | Although i think in this case its a bit of a tautology - the
         | fundamental feature of beurocracy is its dehuman-ness. Any
         | descriptor of that is going to be dehumanizing because
         | fundamentally that's what its describing.
        
       | re wrote:
       | Website is struggling and returning a lot of 504 errors; cached
       | copy:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20210802205031/https://www.scotta...
        
       | coverband wrote:
       | I just use "asshole" in all the contexts he mentioned. It just
       | fits perfectly.
        
       | hlandau wrote:
       | The term "vogon" has also gained some popularity to describe this
       | archetype, in addition to the UK term "jobsworth".
        
       | flir wrote:
       | Jobsworth.
        
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